Pickens Urgent Care Accused Over 1 Teen’s False HIV Result After Suicide Attempt
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Updated · WSB Atlanta · Jul 16
Pickens Urgent Care Accused Over 1 Teen’s False HIV Result After Suicide Attempt
3 articles · Updated · WSB Atlanta · Jul 16
Summary
A Georgia family says their teenage daughter tried to take her own life after finding a positive HIV result alone on her MyChart portal around 2 a.m.; four later tests at other facilities were negative.
The family alleges Pickens Urgent Care never called, explained the result, offered counseling or set follow-up care, even though a clinic employee said HIV patients are typically given appointments within five days.
CDC guidance says positive HIV results should be delivered through confidential personal contact and patients should be promptly linked to medical care, counseling and support services.
After Channel 2 visited the clinic, the mother said Pickens Urgent Care contacted her for the first time since the June visit; the clinic had not responded publicly before publication.
Georgia has no state agency that specifically regulates urgent care centers, with physicians and nurses at those facilities overseen instead by their individual licensing boards.